Health care

Provinces team up to block CBC's hospital data request

Sujets: 
Health care, Access to information, Government transparency
Scores: 
3

Amber Hildebrandt – April 10, 2013

Provincial and territorial health department officials held cross-country meetings and agreed to a "national decision" to deny a CBC request for information about individual hospitals, CBC News has learned.

Documents obtained by CBC's the fifth estate via freedom-of-information requests show that health ministries across Canada kept in regular contact with each other over the course of a month to craft similar responses.

Cornwall Ontario Whistleblower Nurse Diane Shay Answers Questions

Sujets: 
Ontario, Health care, Whistleblowers
Scores: 
5
Diane Shay

Cornwall Free News – April 11, 2013

With news of Cornwall Ontario Deputy Fire Chief Rob Hickley suing the City of  Cornwall Ontario over Mayor Bob Kilger’s alleged conflict of interest we contacted Diane Shay, the other whistleblower recently in the news over her case against the city of Cornwall.

Ms Shay answered some questions for Cornwall Free News:
1. Why put yourself through the ordeal of being a whistle blower?

Montreal Hospitals Facing a "Toxic Culture": St-Mary's Physician

Sujets: 
Quebec, Whistleblowers, Health care
Scores: 
5
Dr. Alex Nataros

Brendan K-Edwards – March 25, 2013

According to Dr. Alexander Nataros, the McGill Faculty of Medicine has launched personal attacks against him that have “sent chills to the depths of the McGill system.” A hierarchical professional culture at McGill affiliated hospitals in which senior doctors are viewed as intimidating and unassailable is putting patients lives at risk, said Dr. Nataros, a junior doctor at Saint Mary’s hospital.

Dr. Nataros who is currently on a forced paid leave of absence from his family practice, claims that members of the McGill Faculty of Medicine are attempting to defame his name because he reported an incident in which serious errors were made by senior doctors.

Medical resident says he was punished for standing up for patients

Sujets: 
Whistleblowers, Quebec, Health care
Scores: 
0

Farid Rener – March 23, 2013

The culture of impunity for senior staff at hospitals affiliated with McGill is putting patients at risk, according to Dr. Alexander Nataros, a first-year family medicine resident at Saint Mary’s hospital.

In November 2012, Nataros, who is currently on a forced paid leave of absence, received a patient after senior doctors made what he said were “significant life-threatening medical errors.” Nataros, who says he rectified these errors, and thereby saved the patient’s life, is now under fire for questioning his supervisors’ actions.

Citizens group hit with lawsuit

Sujets: 
SLAPP suits, Health care
Scores: 
0

Ron Grech – March 18, 2013

Members of a citizens coalition that has been highly critical of the administration of Anson General Hospital in Iroquois Falls have been slapped with a $500,000 lawsuit.

Jim Brown, a former town mayor and one of the residents named in the lawsuit, says the lawsuit is merely an attempt to silence public criticism.

UK Health Service chief ignored warnings that patients were in danger, alleges whistleblower

Sujets: 
UK, Health care, Whistleblowers
Scores: 
4
The following are selected extracts

Alice Philipson – February 14, 2013

Sir David Nicholson, chief executive of the NHS, was allegedly warned four years ago that patients were at risk at United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust by its former chief excecutive Gary Walker.

It was revealed last year that Mr Walker was paid more than £500,000 as part of a severance deal which prevented him from speaking out over concerns about patient safety. He was sacked from the Trust in February 2010. Officially, the reason for his dismissal was that he swore openly at meetings but his supporters claimed this was a trumped-up charge.

Canada no longer one of top 10 most developed countries

Sujets: 
Developing countries, Health care, Education system
Scores: 
3

Jennifer Ditchburn – March 14, 2013

Canada has slipped out of the top 10 countries listed in the annual United Nation’s human development index — a far cry from the 1990s when it held the first place for most of the decade.

The 2013 report, which reviews a country’s performance in health, education and income, places Canada in 11th place versus 10th last year.A closer look at the trends shows Canada actually did better than last year, but other countries such as Japan and Australia improved at a greater rate.

Tories put public servants’ sick leave in sights

Sujets: 
Workplace conditions, Harassment, Health care, Mental health injuries
Scores: 
3

Kathryn May – March 14, 2013

Canada’s public servants are bracing for sweeping changes to their sick leave and disability insurance as the government looks to save millions in rising benefit costs and beef up the wellness and productivity of the workforce.

It’s expected money for the overhaul, which Treasury Board bureaucrats have been working on for several years, will be announced in next week’s budget.

A Pattern of Problems at a Hospital for Veterans

Sujets: 
USA, Office of Special Counsel, Health care
Scores: 
1

James Dao – March 18, 2013

In an unusually strong letter sent to the White House on Monday, the office that handles complaints from federal whistle-blowers says it has found a pattern of problems at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Jackson, Miss., that raises serious questions about the hospital’s management practices.

The problems over the last six years include poor sterilization procedures, chronic understaffing of the primary care unit and missed diagnoses by the radiology department.

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